Instant-Lab (EPFL): Breaking the second barrier

Instant-Lab (EPFL): Breaking the second barrier

INNOVATION

October 2020
It is sometimes said that, as far as mechanical watch movements are concerned, everything, or nearly everything, has already been achieved. So is mechanical (…)

Innovating in times of crisis

Innovating in times of crisis

EDITORIAL

September 2020
Innovations are perhaps were we need to look, if we are to overcome the major challenges of our time. In our latest report we identify some of the major (…)

Tissot: connection without disruption

Tissot: connection without disruption

STRATEGY

September 2020
It will be new CEO Sylvain Dolla’s first major project. Tissot’s connected watch, the T-Touch Connect Solar, has been eagerly awaited, as the new market (…)

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

Nomos, the radical art of nuance

PORTRAIT

September 2020
This year, the German town of Glashütte celebrates 175 years of watchmaking history. And while A. Lange & Söhne and Glashütte Original are its (…)

“Accutron becomes a brand in its own right”

“Accutron becomes a brand in its own right”

INTERVIEW

September 2020
For the 60th anniversary of the first fully electronic timepiece in history, Accutron has not just launched a commemorative limited series; it has (…)

Design: from concept cars to concept watches

Design: from concept cars to concept watches

INTERVIEW

August 2020
For the past twenty years, Olivier Gamiette has created concept cars for a major automobile group. In his spare time, his passion is designing watches. The (…)

The intelligence service of the Swiss watch industry

The intelligence service of the Swiss watch industry

PORTRAIT

August 2020
In the 21st century more than ever before, reliable information is the key to industrial success. As early as the 1960s, the Swiss watchmaking industry set (…)

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

Behind the scenes: a watch design war

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

July 2020
On an object that measures just a few centimetres across – a watch – the shapes and lines can sometimes end up looking disturbingly similar... even when (…)

Initium: converting people to watches

Initium: converting people to watches

ANNIVERSARY

May 2020
Five years after holding its first horological initiation class in Switzerland, the startup can pride itself on having modernised the induction process to (…)

1984: When Gerald Genta challenged the watchmaking establishment

1984: When Gerald Genta challenged the watchmaking establishment

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

April 2020
The opening up of luxury watchmaking to contemporary creative horizons may have begun when Gerald Genta made a splash at the “Montres et Bijoux” exhibition (…)
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Peter Stas: “We're in talks with health insurance companies”
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Peter Stas: “We’re in talks with health insurance companies”

INTERVIEW

January 2020
Smartwatches? They account for 12% of turnover at Frédérique Constant and 35% at Alpina. With the creation of MMT, Peter Stas is one step ahead in the (…)

The watch that doesn't exist (yet)

The watch that doesn’t exist (yet)

OPINION

October 2019
Today, it is possible to launch a brand without even having the actual watch on your wrist. From the 1990s onward, the arrival of 3D computer-generated (…)